[Linux-cluster] GFS questions to have a final decision

Rob Kenna rkenna at redhat.com
Mon Jun 6 20:52:46 UTC 2005


Look for the release in June.

- rob

On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 09:28 -0400, Gerald G. Gilyeat wrote:

> 
> With that in mind, is there a planned release date for it yet?
> It would be useful to know for planning purposes (especially for
> me... ;)  )
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> Jerry Gilyeat, RHCE
> Systems Administrator
> Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
> Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Michael Conrad
> Tadpol Tilstra
> Sent: Mon 6/6/2005 9:09 AM
> To: linux clustering
> Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS questions to have a final decision
> 
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:00:53PM -0000, Raj  Kumar wrote:
> >    IMHO, you don't need a third server just to run the "lock
> server". You can
> >    run the lock server on one of the two nodes... this is the
> configuration I
> >    use:  two HP DL380 G3 servers running GFS to simultaneously
> access MSA
> >    1000...
> >    I dont know whether ML370 is supported by V3...
> 
> 
> In RHEL3 the locking system is gulm, gulm requires 3 nodes for
> redunancy.  You can run in with only one, but if that goes, teh
> cluster
> goes.
> 
> Comming in RHEL4 (and which is the current CVS) we switched to
> cman/dlm.
> This system can have only two nodes. (and also doesn't have lock
> servers
> as every node is an equal.)
> 
> 
> 
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